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Martin Harris
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- Was Martin Harris an unstable, gullible and superstitious man?
- Martin Harris' "Eye of Faith" and "Spiritual Eye" statements
A FairMormon Analysis of Wikipedia article "Martin Harris"
Was Martin Harris an unstable, gullible and superstitious man?
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- Question: Was Martin Harris a gullible witness who would simply believe anything he was told?
- Question: Is Wikipedia's portrayal of Martin Harris as a gullible, superstitious man accurate?
- Question: What did Martin Harris's non-Mormon associates say about his character?
- Question: Was Martin Harris a gullible witness who would simply believe anything he was told?
Martin Harris' "Eye of Faith" and "Spiritual Eye" statements
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- Question: Did Martin Harris tell people that he did not see the plates with his natural eyes, but rather the "eye of faith"?
- Question: Did Martin Harris tell people that he only saw the plates with his "spiritual eye"?
- Question: Why would Martin Harris use the phrases "eye of faith" or "spiritual eye" to describe his visionary experience?
- Question: Do Martin Harris's statements related to the "spiritual eye" or "eye of faith" contradict the reality of his witness?
- Question: What did the Book of Mormon witnesses mean when they used the word "supernatural" to describe their experiences?
- Question: What did the other witnesses say regarding "spiritual" versus "natural" viewing of the plates?
- Question: How did newspaper accounts describe the nature of the witnesses experience?
- Question: How did the apostle Paul describe spiritual experiences?
- Martin Harris: "The Book of Mormon is no fake. I know what I know. I have seen what I have seen and I have heard what I have heard"
- Martin Harris: "The Book of Mormon is no fake. I know what I know. I have seen what I have seen and I have heard what I have heard"
- Edward Stevenson (1870): Martin Harris said "my belief is swallowed up in knowledge; for I want to say to you that as the Lord lives I do know that I stood with the Prophet Joseph Smith in the presence of the angel"